where has all my power gone?

[adam 32]

anyone?

[fatz]

why did you get you water pump changed?

did you fry the engine?... is it using water?

other problems

-ic pipes

-fuel pump

plugs

timming

CAS

any leaks on the gaskets on either side of the engine

[adam 32]

ahhh gasket leaks

didnt check that...

[WazR32GTSt]

check the timing mate, i just read all the posts and everyone keeps saying it but u brush it off. don't worry about the gaskets yet...

could simply be timing as said by rev, GTSt VSPEC and BOOSTED and now me as well!

Waz.

[adam 32]

changed water pump yesterday

not using water ( i dont think, still keepin an eye on it) engine isnt fried

IC pipes - check

fuel pump - dont know, but its a bosch 910 so i assume its ok... its not pinging

plugs - check

timing - check

CAS - need to check, is lined up with std marks but dont know what timing its running

gaskets - have an exhaust leak from turbo to manifold. but didnt realise that could have caused these problems

[adam 32]

u mean ignition timing?

ive checked cam timing...

[WazR32GTSt]

eh, ignition timing

that's what u need the timing light for...

[WazR32GTSt]

should be 15deg on the r32

if its retarded then u can backfire plus will run sh1thouse just like u have explained

u can even get it adjusted to around 20deg if u are using a dyno to do it, and is beneficial for performance

Waz.

[fatz]

yup timming light time

[Edge]

what is the standard timing for an R33?

does the series 2 have diffent timing to the earlier model

[BOOSTD]

15 degress is standard. Remember they have a double trigger tho so will read 30 on a digital light.

[MotoX]

Originally posted by rev210

Try advancing the timing to see if things get a little better.Thats an easy one, quite possible they re-set the timing to what they thought was factory.

how do u advance the timing?

ive reset my ecu and that relearns the timing i guess, but is there a way to do it manually?

[rev210]

the ecu doesn't adjust the 'base timing' , that you need to do on the CAS (crank angle sensor) manually.

[adam 32]

checked timing - its at 5 degrees

although every so often the car comes alive and its fine

could it be a problem with the fuel pump installation? possily a bad pick-up?

[ix9]

2 months later adam!

5degrees is heavily retarded eh ?

[adam 32]

fairly yeh

but its an intermittent problem so a pain in the ass to diagnose